The Amazing Race Maia

The Amazing Race Maia is a reality show produced by Kaohportian public broadcaster KNRT. The format is taken from The Amazing Race Arkaystia. The KNRT redition of the show will feature teams from Kaohportia and countries around it.

The first season is due to premiere on KNRT in January.

Format
Typically, the show will feature 10 to 13 (usually 11) teams of two racers with a pre-existing relationship. They race around Maia, picking up various clues around the world. At the end of each leg, teams check into the so-called "Pit Stop", ending the leg of the race. At most pit stops, the last team to check in will be eliminated from the race. However, in some legs, all teams may be instructed to keep on racing without resting, effectively marking the pit stop as the halfway point of a double leg. Other legs may be Non-Elimination legs; the last team to check in will not be eliminated, but will have to complete an additional challenge, the Speed Bump, in the next leg. The winners of a leg will usually receive a prize. The final leg will feature three or sometimes four teams racing towards the finish mat - always located in Kaohportia itself - with the first team crossing the finish line winning one million Kaohportian Guulda in their country's own currency.

Clues and tasks
There are various clues for teams to pick up during the race, with most of these instructing teams to perform a challenge to receive a next clue. Some clues and challenge types are listed below.
 * Route Info clues; these clues instruct racers to race to a certain location, or to perform a challenge that does not fit any of the other challenge types before teams can find/receive their next clue. Route Info clues may instruct racers to use only a certain method of transportation; teams may incur a penalty if they do not obey this. The final Route Info clue of a leg always directs teams to the Pit Stop.
 * Roadblock; This is a task that only one team member may perform, while the other team member may not help. Any racer may only complete a maximum of 7 Roadblocks during their time on the race.
 * Detour; A detour is a choice between two tasks, each with their own pros and cons. Teams may switch between detour tasks as they wish, but they have to complete one task to receive their clue.
 * Speed Bump; this is an additional challenge that only a team that arrived at a Non-Elimination pitstop in the previous leg must perform.

Twists
As most shows, The Amazing Race knows a number of twists:
 * Yield; At a Yield point, one team may choose to give another team a time penalty of which the duration may differ per leg. The duration of the penalty will be revealed to the racers at the start of a leg featuring a yield point. Any team may only use the yield once in their race. A team however can be on the receiving end of the yield multiple times.
 * U-turn; At a U-Turn point, a team may choose to punish another team by forcing them to complete both ends of a detour instead of just one. As with the yield, any team may only use the U-turn once in the race, but a team can be U-Turned multiple times.
 * Blind/Double: Yields and U-Turns can also appear as blind or double. At a blind Yield or U-Turn, the team inflicting the punishment will not have to reveal themselves as the users of the power to the rest of the racers as is the case normally. Additionally, if a team uses a blind Yield or U-Turn, they may opt to use such a power again further in the race. In the case of a double Yield or U-Turn, there are two Yield or U-Turn punishments to potentially be given out at one point in a leg.
 * Express Pass; the winner of the first leg will usually receive the Express Pass, which allows this team to skip one task in the race before the end of the sixth leg.
 * Fast Forward; The Fast Forward is a special task that will only be featured once or twice in any season of the Race. On a leg featuring a Fast Forward, teams will find an additional Fast Forward clue among their normal clue. The first team to complete the Fast Forward task will immediately be given the location of the pitstop, usually making sure said team wins the leg or finishes in the top three. However, only one team may win the Fast Forward; any teams completing the Fast Forward task after it has already been completed by another team will have to resume the normal leg of the race. A team may only use the Fast Forward once in the race.